Eyeinfinty advice please

[pasta4u]

okay so here is whats going on with me.

I have a q9550 @ 4.2ghz
8 gigs of ram
a 60 gig ocz vertex
2 1TB blacks in raid
radeon 4850 1 gig

I have 2 monitors. One is a scepter that is 24 inch 1920x1200. I have a westinghouse 22inch 1680x1050 monitor.

I want to get a 5850 1 gig. I know its not the best for eyeinfinty , however I will use eyeinfinty on games i can run it on and then use a single monitor for future games. I will buy another video card next spring or whenver Star wars the old republic actual comes out. however I want to make the upgrade and enjoy it.

My 24inch is able to do 1680x1050. So Should I buy a dell 22inch 1050p with display port. Or should I buy a 24inch 1080p monitor ? and have one on the side be the 22inch till ican upgrade in the future.

has anyone run a set up similar where 1 pannel is the od size out ?


This would be the 22inch i'd buy http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...etail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-8103

I would buy this 24inch http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...etail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-8277

I under stand the 24inch would offer much greater image quality. however its also more than double the cost.

 

[Corban227]

well with 22 inch you can set the graphics higher. larger monitor doesn't necessarily mean better quality. in fact with a higher resolution you'd have to set the graphics settings lower. if you get the 22 could you get a second one as well? dual monitor eyefinity will suck because the center of your screen will be right on the bezel. you will find playing games is more fun on 1 than 2.
if you could get a cheaper 22inch and get two of them you would probably be happier with your buy. by buying 1 monitor and the vid card now, you wont be happy till you get the third monitor

 

[pasta4u]

well with 22 inch you can set the graphics higher. larger monitor doesn't necessarily mean better quality. in fact with a higher resolution you'd have to set the graphics settings lower. if you get the 22 could you get a second one as well? dual monitor eyefinity will suck because the center of your screen will be right on the bezel. you will find playing games is more fun on 1 than 2.
if you could get a cheaper 22inch and get two of them you would probably be happier with your buy. by buying 1 monitor and the vid card now, you wont be happy till you get the third monitor

Well I'd most likely run the 1 22 inch i have now and the 24 inch.

Have it 22inch /24inch/ 22inch. I know it wont match exactly. But it would be for a few months till ican purcase another 22inch.

The other way would basicly be 24/24/22 untill i can buy another 24inch.

 

[Pkirk618]

I use a similar setup albeit no eyefinity. 22/25/22. i think you'll have a better gaming experience using another 22 vs 24. btw, i use softth for surround gaming.

 

[pasta4u]

I use a similar setup albeit no eyefinity. 22/25/22. i think you'll have a better gaming experience using another 22 vs 24. btw, i use softth for surround gaming.

How do you find the screen diffrences to be ?

 

[Pkirk618]

it's pretty uniform across. Very slight variant in sizes when dragging items across all three screens. For gaming, this seems to works best if faced with the same options u seem to be. I posted some pic in the forums if u want to see but many members here seem to go with similar setups.

 

[vjcsmoke]

The smaller monitor would be cheaper. I'm not sure how mismatched sized monitors would work in Eyefinity. I think you wouldn't be able to accurately use bezel management then, could you?